Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WATER POWER
- DATE
- 1895
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0562.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KERR WATER MOTOR CO.
- MODEL
- 3
- LOCATION
- Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHELL IS IRON CASTINGS/ BRASS & GLASS LUBRICATORS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 90.0 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 61.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Power devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KERR
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Niagara Falls
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1933-1971 (LAST HOME OF THE POST ON MAIN ST.); & POSSIBLY C. 1900-1933 (HIGGINSON BLOCK, MAIN ST.) [REF.2]
- Canada
-
ALTHOUGH FURTHER RESEARCH IS REQUIRED, IT APPEARS THAT THE PRODUCTION OF WATER MOTORS IN CANADA WAS NOT COMMON. THIS MOTOR WAS MFD. AT NIAGARA FALLS, ON. - Function
-
WATER PRESSURE ON PELTON WHEEL TURNS PULLEY WHEEL WHICH IS CONNECTED TO A DRIVE SHAFT BY BELTS - Technical
-
LATE 19TH C. LITERATURE CLAIMS THE EXTENSIVE USE OF WATER MOTORS FOR POWERING SINGLE CYLINDER & JOBBING PRESSES, HOWEVER FEW PRINTERS RECALL THEIR USE TODAY. WATER MOTORS WERE WELL SUITED TO SMALLER SHOPS WHERE A "FALL" OF WATER WAS AVAILABLE - DUE TO THE LOW COST OF POWER PRODUCED AS WELL AS THEIR MECHNICAL SIMPLICITY & QUIETNESS IN OPERATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GOLD LETTERING READS "KERR WATER MOTOR/ NIAGARA FALLS CANADA/ PATENTED/ 3"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- DARK RED CASING WITH CAST GOLD LETTERING
- Decoration
- GOLD LETTERING
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KERR WATER MOTOR CO., Motor, circa 1895, Artifact no. 1982.0562, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0562.001/
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